United States v. Bruce Ernest Bernloehr

How courts have described this case

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• stating that per se canvass requirement presents ‘‘a danger of improper comment on or judicial interference with the defendant’s right not to testify’’
• finding no ineffective counsel where defendant argued his will was overborne by counsel, although he made no objection when his counsel rested without calling him
• finding waiver where petitioner made no objection when his counsel rested without calling him
• ‘‘[b]ecause the right to testify is a fundamental constitutional guarantee, only the defendant is empowered to waive the right’’
• where attorney rests without calling defendant to testify, the accused must act affirmatively if he wishes to testify

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).